Perception and Reality: Why a Wholly Empirical Paradigm is Needed to Understand Vision.
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Purves, D; Morgenstern, Y; Wojtach, WT
Published in: Frontiers in systems neuroscience
January 2015
A central puzzle in vision science is how perceptions that are routinely at odds with physical measurements of real world properties can arise from neural responses that nonetheless lead to effective behaviors. Here we argue that the solution depends on: (1) rejecting the assumption that the goal of vision is to recover, however imperfectly, properties of the world; and (2) replacing it with a paradigm in which perceptions reflect biological utility based on past experience rather than objective features of the environment. Present evidence is consistent with the conclusion that conceiving vision in wholly empirical terms provides a plausible way to understand what we see and why.
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Frontiers in systems neuroscience
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1662-5137
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1662-5137
Publication Date
January 2015
Volume
9
Start / End Page
156
Related Subject Headings
- 3209 Neurosciences
- 3109 Zoology
- 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
- 1116 Medical Physiology
- 1109 Neurosciences
- 0606 Physiology
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Purves, D., Morgenstern, Y., & Wojtach, W. T. (2015). Perception and Reality: Why a Wholly Empirical Paradigm is Needed to Understand Vision. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 9, 156. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2015.00156
Purves, Dale, Yaniv Morgenstern, and William T. Wojtach. “Perception and Reality: Why a Wholly Empirical Paradigm is Needed to Understand Vision.” Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 9 (January 2015): 156. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2015.00156.
Purves D, Morgenstern Y, Wojtach WT. Perception and Reality: Why a Wholly Empirical Paradigm is Needed to Understand Vision. Frontiers in systems neuroscience. 2015 Jan;9:156.
Purves, Dale, et al. “Perception and Reality: Why a Wholly Empirical Paradigm is Needed to Understand Vision.” Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, vol. 9, Jan. 2015, p. 156. Epmc, doi:10.3389/fnsys.2015.00156.
Purves D, Morgenstern Y, Wojtach WT. Perception and Reality: Why a Wholly Empirical Paradigm is Needed to Understand Vision. Frontiers in systems neuroscience. 2015 Jan;9:156.
Published In
Frontiers in systems neuroscience
DOI
EISSN
1662-5137
ISSN
1662-5137
Publication Date
January 2015
Volume
9
Start / End Page
156
Related Subject Headings
- 3209 Neurosciences
- 3109 Zoology
- 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
- 1116 Medical Physiology
- 1109 Neurosciences
- 0606 Physiology